Chapter 5051 Hexi Strategy
There is a straw shed not far from the sluice gate. The servant put the food and wine he carried in the shed, cleaned it briefly, and put two soft cushions.
Cheng Yaojin followed Xiao Yu into the straw shed pavilion, and his eyes suddenly came from the outside of the sunshine to the dark place, which was difficult to adapt for a while. However, the front and back of the shed were transparent, and the breeze penetrated the hall, making it hot. The sun is blocked and it is very cool and pleasant.
The servant opened a sealed rice bucket, lifted the quilt inside, took out some ice cubes and put them into two exquisite glasses, and injected them with orange and yellow and transparent top-quality yellow wine. Cheng Yaojin couldn't bear it. Zhu sighed: "In the past, I always heard people say that food is fine and stew is fine. I also thought of myself very high and complacent. Today, I saw my brother's extravagance and realized that we are poor."
Hexi lacks brewing yellow wine. The ingredients are so this rice wine is obviously brought from Jiangnan. But yellow wine is very easy to deteriorate. Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from Hexi. It is safe to preserve the jar along the way, and the quality of the wine must be kept unchanged. I don’t know how much effort or money it takes.
Nowadays, ice cubes are sold everywhere in the city, but Fang Jun always holds the ice-making method in his hands, no one can imagine it, so these ice cubes are also brought from Chang'an...
The cost of this glass of iced rice wine alone is no less than ten cents.
Although he claims to be a hero in Zhenguan, and his life is luxurious, he is still a witch compared to these truly top families. The luxurious temperament cultivated by the ancestors of aristocratic families and generations is indeed not the case. You can learn it with a little money.
Xiao Yu waved his hand casually: "As aged, his body is damaged and broken everywhere, he naturally needs to be more cautious and meticulous in daily life. Money and things outside the body can make him feel more comfortable when he takes good care of himself. , wouldn't you do it? Brother, you fought all over the world in your early years and suffered severe damage. When you were young, you were healthy and unaware of it. However, in a few years, all kinds of hidden dangers will break out. It's time to take good care of it. We are the people in the court Ups and downs are just passing clouds and smoke. There are endless money, countless beauties, and grandchildren are prosperous. You always have to live a few more years and enjoy it well. Come on, drink a cup and get rid of the heat."
Two People clinked their glasses, and the ice cubes in the glass collided and made a crisp and pleasant sound. They raised their heads and drank the yellow wine in the glass in one go. The cold yellow wine entered the throat and the hot air suddenly dissipated.
"Comfortable!" Cheng Yaojin burped and let out a long breath.
The servant put on a few exquisite pastries, candied fruits, and air-dried wild game, and then left the shed.
The river water is surging and the summer is hot. The officials in the distance control the sluice gate to control the size of the water flow. The cool river water flows into the endless cotton fields. The cotton seedlings absorb water hungrily and strive to grow. The leaves shake slightly under the scorching sun. Vitality.
The two of them were very comfortable to play with.
After drinking a jar of rice wine, eating some pastries and jerky meat, Cheng Yaojin wiped his mouth and asked, "My brother said just now that this time, it was Fang Er's servant who came to Hexi to reclaim wasteland and plant cotton. Force, is there any such thing?"
The servant handed over a mirror, and Xiao Yu looked in the mirror and wiped his beard carefully with a handkerchief. After confirming it was clean, he took a sip of tea and sighed, "I ignored the opposition of my family. He did not hesitate to destroy his reputation and insisted on marrying the daughter of the Xiao family's legitimate branch into the Fang family as a concubine, but he was optimistic that Fang Jun's future was bright and he could help the Xiao family one day. But I didn't expect that my vision was not bad, and Fang Jun made many contributions. , in control of power, now one of the three ministers, can be called the first person in the court... But how could he have ever had any help? Not only did he not help, but he used all the "destroying relatives for justice" in the Xiao family, which is really too much." br>
Cheng Yaojin nodded and expressed sympathy.
The affairs between Fang Jun and the Xiao family have been spread throughout the court and the country, and it is no secret. According to common sense, Fang Jun and the Xiao family are in-laws, which is an extremely solid relationship, which is enough to make him use the Xiao family as his help in Jiangnan. While helping the Xiao family, he also holds the entire Jiangnan in his hands through the Xiao family. .
This was also Xiao Yu's plan back then.
But Fang Jun did the opposite. Not only did he never give the Xiao family a favorable gift, but he also put the Xiao family ahead of everything, knocking and beating, cheating and cheating. The Xiao family suffered many losses...< br>
What kind of in-laws is this?
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an enemy.
"Then why the Xiao family came to Hexi this time?"
Xiao Yu shook his head and asked his servant to give Cheng Yaojin tea: "The contract for the salt farm in Huating Town is about to arrive. In the future, whoever wants to continue to lease needs to be auctioned fairly and those with higher prices will be awarded. In addition, the licenses for the sea trade will also be re-examined at the end of the year. All the licenses for the sea trade in Datang will be reviewed by the Huating Town Maritime Bureau... With these two lifelines, aren’t we just allowed to deal with it?”
"So Fang Er asked you to come to Hexi to reclaim land and grow cotton?"
"That's true."
Xiao Yu sighed one after another, as if he was very frustrated: "The lifeline is being stolen by someone." Holding it in my hands, we can only recognize what we do, but the servant sent someone to tell me that we are in-laws and should support him more, so the Xiao family should come to Hexi for the first time to set a good example."
Cheng Yaojin nodded. The Xiao family was indeed the first family to come to reclaim and rent land. He couldn't help laughing: "Fang Er is indeed too much. Take it when there is a benefit. When it is not good to invite people, let your people rush forward... This is to use the military to deal with you family families."
But he was still suspicious: "Why did Fang Er have to do it?" Growing cotton in Hexi? ”
Xiao Yu said helplessly: "That guy is the best at using economic means to deal with strategic problems. For example, the unlimited acquisition of wool from the northern part of the Seychelles. This alone bribed the Hu tribes who followed the Turks for a hundred years, and now on the grasslands in the northern part of the Seychelles. Shepherds everywhere and shear hairs every day. Someone will buy the warehouses of the "Dongdatang Trading" at high prices. As long as there are more sheep raised and more hair cuts, and copper coins and cloth are like flowing water, everyone can make money and drink tea. Who can He also went with the Turks to fight to death all over the world? Even if the leaders of Hu people want to follow the Turks, their clan members will not do it! "
In this regard, Cheng Yaojin agreed quite well: "From ancient times, When facing foreign races, they always block the border and prohibit trade, but they never really restrict the rise of foreign races. The harsh climate environment on the grasslands has created the perseverance of the Hu people. The more poor and difficult the people are, the more ambition they are. Firm and united, if the Han people don't give you what they want, they will rob them. However, the boy from Fang Er used wool to fix the Hu people on the grassland. The Hu people are also humans. Who would want to live happily? Go to fight hard? Every time I go south to "draw grass valley", outsiders only see how much wealth and how many people have been robbed, but they don't know that every time they attack the Han city, the walls are covered with Hu people's corpses."
Every time When the Hu and Han war were at war, the Han people all lamented that the Hu people were brave and brave, and were not afraid of death, but were the Hu people really not afraid of death?
This is not the case.
In addition to cultural reasons, the most important thing is the difference in living environments between the two sides. Compared with the warm and humid places of the Han people, the Hu land is more desolate and barren. If there is too much snow in winter, it will be frozen to death. For livestock, the Hu people have no way to live, they can only wait for death.
Since the left and right are dead, how can you ride the horse south, drink horses and eat horses in the Yellow River, and use your life to plunder the Han cities?
Xiao Yu said: "The reason why the Hu people went south was not because they all covet the rich land of China. It was more because of life. Instead of consuming money, food and losing manpower to fight against it, how can we adopt a gentle strategy? Use the kingly way to educate and turn swords into jade and silk? "
Cheng Yaojin sneered: "This view has been around for ancient times, but did the elder brother realize that anyone who agrees with this view is useless corrupt scholars?"
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Xiao Yu's face looked ugly: "Duke Lu is such a bad word!"
In amazement, the "virtuous brother" stopped calling him, and directly called him the title.
Cheng Yaojin shook his head: "It is inappropriate to say that he is a 'corrupt scholar', but it is a fact that most of the people who agree with this view have never been to the battlefield... Brothers do not need to refute, these days have Many academy students came to travel to Hexi. When I was chatting with them, I heard this statement. Moreover, they did not speak nonsense, but concluded after reading many historical books. "
A paused. , he teased, "Not to say that this view is right or wrong, I will only ask my brother one thing, why did Emperor Taizong never hear that his brother uphold such opinions when he was there?"
Xiao Yu had an old face and fluttered. Hong: "..."
Can you still chat happily when you stare at Cheng Yaojin? !
Who is Emperor Taizong?
His attitude towards the Hu people has always been "barbarians, beasts, fearing power but not loving virtue". If you can come to Chang'an to drink and dance with me, then you are a good friend, and I will not stingy. I would like to give you a princess as my wife; if you offend my border, capture my city, or kill my people, I will raise all my troops to chase and die, and swear to crush you into powder!
Tell this kind of person, "Don't fight and be peaceful" and "use the material resources of the whole country and the joy of the barbarians"?
Cheng Yaojin also felt that he had finished speaking and was very embarrassed, so he laughed: "So the profound meaning of Fang Er is to repeat the 'wool-shearing' set, taking cotton as the benefit, and bringing the whole of Hexi Binding with Zhongyuan? ”
Thinking carefully, I think this strategy is good.
Cotton from Hexi was imported into Guanzhong, Hebei, Shandong, and even Jiangnan. Under the operation of looms and weaving work, weaving them into pieces of cotton, making them spread all over the country and exported to overseas, becoming the same as silk, porcelain, glass, and paper. Luxury goods are dumped into all countries around the world, earning huge amounts of wealth, and using huge interests as a link, Hexi will be truly tied to the Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Yu said: "That's true. For the unification of the empire and long-term stability, our families travel thousands of miles and do their best and devote themselves to their efforts."
Cheng Yaojin touched his chin and said that I don't agree with a set of rhetoric.
The family only has interests in their eyes, so how can there be any national justice?
So, growing cotton is definitely very profitable, and it may be a long-term business that can benefit from it from generation to generation. For a moment, Cheng Yaojin felt that he didn't seem to be in such a hurry to return to Chang'an...